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Paul H. Shipp, Ph.D., P.E.

Paul Shipp is a Senior Research Associate at the USG Corporation Research & Technology Center in Libertyville, Illinois, where he is involved in building science issues, testing and certification of building products for fire safety, durability and acoustical performance. He has a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in mechanical engineering, from the University of Minnesota. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

Dr. Shipp has been involved in the study of energy conservation and building envelope performance for many years. At the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technical Center, he studied earth-sheltered construction and related aspects of building science, including indoor air quality and moisture effects. While there, he worked on cost-effective energy conservation strategies and new construction systems using composite materials. Prior to coming to USG, he oversaw the operation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Roof Research Center and construction of its large-scale climate simulator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Dr. Shipp is active in industry and consensus standards organizations as a member of ASTM, ASHRAE and ASME. He is a Director on ASTM International’s Board of Directors and is currently Chairman of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standards. He also participates on ISO TC 92 in the development of international fire standards as Convenor of SC2/WG1 Fire Containment – General Principles. He is Secretary of ASHRAE TC 4.4 Building Materials and Building Envelope Performance, and a member of ASHRAE TC 1.12 Moisture Management in Buildings and ASHRAE SPC 160P Design Criteria for Moisture Analysis in Building Envelopes. Dr. Shipp is active on the Responsible Solutions to Mold Coalition and previously chaired the Gypsum Association Technical Committee from 1996 through 2000. He was Co-Chairman of the Material & Systems Focus Area for “Engineering and Construction for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century,” an international research symposium hosted by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF), and was also a member of the Planning Committee for CERF’s “International Symposium and Innovative Technology Trade Show 2000: Moving Innovation into Practice for a Sustainable Future” and South Korea Team Leader for CERF's Asia Technology Assessment Mission. He has written several publications and co-authored a book on earth-sheltered construction.